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钣

鈑
bǎn
noun #89,671

Meanings

  1. 1 a metal plate; sheet metal

Examples

事故后，汽车被送去做钣金维修。
Shìgù hòu, qìchē bèi sòngqù zuò bǎn jīn wéixiū.
After the accident, the car was sent to the shop for sheet-metal repair.
钣金工艺把金属薄片加工成需要的零件。
Bǎn jīn gōngyì bǎ jīnshǔ báopiàn jiāgōng chéng xūyào de língjiàn.
Sheet-metal work shapes flat pieces of metal into the parts you need.

Tips

usage
Today this character is heard mainly in 钣金 ('sheet metal / panel beating'), the auto-body and metalworking trade of shaping thin metal sheets and repairing car panels.

Components

radical
钅 jīn
metal; gold
The metal radical on the left, the side form of 金. It marks 钣 as a metal object, here a flat sheet or plate.
phonetic
反 fǎn
to turn over; opposite
Supplies the sound. Standalone 反 is fǎn, close to this character's reading bǎn. The same phonetic gives the sound in 板 and 饭.

Stroke Order

钣 bǎn